SOA: a letter

Gartner's Frank Kenney has just posted a clever take on the state of SOA - as highlighted by Darryl Plummer at the Gartner IT Symposium 2008.

Plenty of space for self reflection for those involved in SOA implementations.

I think Frank's letter reinforces the need - besides the technical aspects - to apply at least an equal focus on the business aspects of SOA - these are:
• supporting a business need
• efficient code re-use
• service portfolio management
• the service lifecycle

I will expand on the "service lifecycle" concept very soon.

Til next time...